Multimodality imaging can be useful for the early diagnosis and management of intracardiac thrombus in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Multimodality imaging may aid thrombus detection in PPCMP; leaves open whether routine use improves outcomes.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCMP) is a rare and life-threatening condition. Intracardiac thrombus is characteristically associated with increased adverse events, mortality, and a high risk of thromboembolic events, and has been associated with PPCMP. Early diagnosis and treatment play a critical role. Although echocardiography is the first-line diagnostic method, other imaging modalities may provide useful information in appropriate patients. Presently described is a case in which an apical intracardiac thrombus coexisting with PPCMP was identified and managed using multimodality imaging studies.
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